GIFT HORSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gift (usually of inferior quality) that should be accepted uncritically

Example:

it wasn't much, but don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("gift horse" is a kind of...):

gift (something acquired without compensation)

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